The following is taken from Maxwell Co.’s internal records of its factory with two operating departments. The cost driver for indirect labor and supplies is direct labor costs, and the cost driver for the remaining overhead items is number of hours of machine use. Compute the total amount of overhead cost allocated to Operating Department 1 using activity based costing.
|
Direct Labor |
Machine Use Hours |
|
|
Operating department 1 |
$10,400 |
2,200 |
|
Operating department 2 |
9,600 |
3,000 |
|
Totals |
$20,000 |
5,200 |
|
Factory overhead costs |
|
|
|
Rent and utilities |
|
$ 7,100 |
|
Indirect labor |
|
3,700 |
|
General office expense |
|
2,700 |
|
Depreciation — Equipment |
|
4,500 |
|
Supplies |
|
300 |
|
Total factory overhead |
|
$18,300 |